Post by frankyt on Sept 15, 2022 12:49:46 GMT -5
Barbarian snuck into large format theaters this weekend as we had a little window of absolutely nothing coming out and I got to see this little gem in a Dolby theater. It didn't require the sound or crisp projections but it sure did help.
Barbarian is a movie about a rental house in a suburb of Detroit and the history of said house.
I went with a few people who had not even seen the trailer so as the story keeps going and they know it's a horror movie so they keep guessing and whispering to me that they don't trust x or y I had to keep my glee to myself as I knew almost none of their guesses were correct.
The movie hits some great tropes, makes fun of jump scares, does a play on woke culture that is genuine and not at all eye roll inducing somehow. You really start to root for our character(s) until a half hour in and then we see what the movie is really about.
Director Zack cregger does a great job of building tension with fun pov camera angles and solid use of shadows and light, and he tells the story through a few perspectives which are nicely done and build off each successive story brilliantly.
The creature I thought was perfectly frightening and somehow sympathetic as well, cregger does a great job of showing you the fear and threat of the main baddie and then showing you a new bad guy who everyone roots against and you end up kinda rooting for the original baddie they introduced with the first story.
The synthy soundtrack beats are almost a standard in modern horror and barbarian is no slouch here either.
There are a few moments where it slows down a bit too much but still has some interesting things to say while it's building back up to it's climax.
That's a definite dug it for me - a worthy and downright scary addition to your spooky season viewing as the weather starts turning.
8/10
Barbarian is a movie about a rental house in a suburb of Detroit and the history of said house.
I went with a few people who had not even seen the trailer so as the story keeps going and they know it's a horror movie so they keep guessing and whispering to me that they don't trust x or y I had to keep my glee to myself as I knew almost none of their guesses were correct.
The movie hits some great tropes, makes fun of jump scares, does a play on woke culture that is genuine and not at all eye roll inducing somehow. You really start to root for our character(s) until a half hour in and then we see what the movie is really about.
Director Zack cregger does a great job of building tension with fun pov camera angles and solid use of shadows and light, and he tells the story through a few perspectives which are nicely done and build off each successive story brilliantly.
The creature I thought was perfectly frightening and somehow sympathetic as well, cregger does a great job of showing you the fear and threat of the main baddie and then showing you a new bad guy who everyone roots against and you end up kinda rooting for the original baddie they introduced with the first story.
The synthy soundtrack beats are almost a standard in modern horror and barbarian is no slouch here either.
There are a few moments where it slows down a bit too much but still has some interesting things to say while it's building back up to it's climax.
That's a definite dug it for me - a worthy and downright scary addition to your spooky season viewing as the weather starts turning.
8/10
